Alexander the great

Alexander was born in Pella on 20/21 July

365 BC.
Alexander has 20 cities that bore his name.
He died in Babylon in 326BC.
He invaded India in 326 BC but was
eventually forced to turn back by near
Mutany of his troops.
By the age of thirty Alexander was creator
of the largest empire in ancient history,
stretching from the Ionian Sea to Himalaya.
After his death a series of war that tore
his empire into number of states.

MUGHALS
Baber the founder of mughal
dynasty .
Mughals came from persia .
In 1504 he made himself master
of Kabul and so came in touch
with India whose wealth was a
standing temptation.
He became of master of Delhi in
April 1526 after winning Panipat
war on 21st April 1526.

 Centralised, imperialistic government which brought

together many smaller kingdoms.
Persian art & culture amalgamated with Indian art and
culture.[
New trade routes to Arab and Turkic lands.
The development of mughal cuisine.
Mughal Architecture found its way into local Indian
architecture, most conspicuously in the palaces built by
Rajputs and Sikh rulers.
Landscape gardening

Military
loss of men and money
Astronomy
Tax system
Currency
Ship building
Globe
Sati pratha system

Emperor

Birth

Zaheeruddi Feb
n Muhammad23,
Babur
1483

Period Death Notes

1526 Dec
1530 26,
1530

Founder of the Mughal

Dynasty.

Nasiruddi
Mar 6, 1530 Jan
n Muhamma 1508 1540 1556
d Humayun

Was a simple ruler.

Sher Shah S 1472

uri

Deposed Humayun and led

the Suri Dynasty.

1540 May
1545 1545

Islam Shah c.1500 1545 1554

Suri
1554

2nd and last ruler of the

Suri Dynasty, claims of sons
Sikandar and Adil Shah
were eliminated by
Humayun's restoration.

Nasiruddin
Mar 6,
Muhammad 1508
Humayun

1555
1556

Jalaluddin
Nov 14, 1556
Muhammad Ak
1542
1605
bar

Nooruddin M Oct
uhammad Jah 1569
angir

1605
1627

Shahaabudd Jan 5,
in Muhamma 1592
d Shah Jah

1627
1658

Jan
1556

Restored rule was more

unified and effective than
initial reign of 15301540; left
unified empire for his son,
Akbar.
Oct 27, 27, 1605 Akbar greatly
1605
expanded the Empire and is
regarded as the most
illustrious ruler of the Mughal
Dynasty as he set up the
empire's various institutions.
1627
Jahangir set the precedent for
sons rebelling against their
emperor fathers. Opened first
relations with the
British East India .
1666

He constructed the Taj Mahal,

Jama Masjid, Red Fort,
Jahangir mausoleum, and

Mohiuddi
n
Muhamm
ad
Aurangze
b
Alamgir
Bahadur
Shah
Zafar

Led the mughal

Oct 1658 Mar empire to its greatest
21,

3,
expand and ruled
1618 1707 1707 through nawabs .
1775
1837 1862 The last Mughal

emperor was deposed

1857
by the British and
exiled to Burma
following the
Indian Rebellion of 185
7
.

Akbar
His rule began when he was only 13 years old
and was a profound leader.
He was a great military commander and
strategist.
He introduced standard weights and measures,
a tax structure and created policies regarding
the tolerance of the Hindu population.
Akbar supported advances in intellectual
advancement.
Led to an increase in learning centres such as
the great observatory in Delhi.
-Also led to the first seamless globe which
scientists did not believe was possible until the
discover of the Mughal model in the 1980's

aryans
The first known invaders of India
were Aryans.
It is believed that the Aryans
arrived in North India
somewhere around 1500 BC .
The Aryans fought and pushed
the local dark skinned people
called Dravidians southwards.
The Aryans are said to be fair
skinned people.

Aryans
They settled down and mixed
with the local Indian people. They
lived there from about 1500 BC to
about 800 BC.
It seems to be at this time that
the caste system got started in
India.
About 800 BC, the Aryans
learned how to use iron for
weapons and tools.

Britshers
East India company was formed in
Britain for trading with east Indain
countries .
In 1610 Britishers came to India as
traders under the name of east India
company &established its first
outpost in India at Surat .
This marked the beginning of a
britisher in India which lasted over
300 years.

in 1614 east India company

arranged a treaty with
Jahangir for setting up
factories .
Since then Britishers
expanded their business by
establishing many factories in
Ahmadabad , Agra ,Madras &
Bengal over next many years.
Soon they divided the Indian
emperors and finished there
unity and so they became

Rail Network
Nationality
Racism
Democracy
Modern education system
Telegraph
Loss of men and money

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